Today in World War II History—March 27, 1940 & 1945
Michael Savage, 1930s (Archives New Zealand: R23559644)
85 Years Ago—Mar. 27, 1940: New Zealand Prime Minister Michael Savage dies of cancer; he will be replaced by Peter Fraser on April 4.
Sixteen hundred Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine, but are interned by the British for illegal entry.
Troops of US Americal Division landing on Talisay beach, Cebu, 26 March 1945; Alligator LVTs in the background. (US Army Signal Corps: SC 204236)
80 Years Ago—Mar. 27, 1945: Last German V-2 rockets land in Britain—in London (134 killed) and in Kent, where Ivy Millichamp becomes the last of 67,100 British civilians killed during the war.
US Eighth Army takes Cebu City, the second-largest city in the Philippines.
Japanese-trained Burma National Army under Aung San revolts and joins the Allies.
Ella Fitzgerald records “It’s Only a Paper Moon.”
